Sewing-machine attachment.



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SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 23,

' Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATEN ()FFIQ.

JOHN W. VEATCH, F BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF, TO HENRYNEUERBURG, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

SEWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed October 23, 1909. Serial No. 524,280.

V is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawing.

This 1nvent1on relates to improvements in sewing machine attachments andhas particular reference to means for gripping and holding the fabric inproper relation to the needle while the fabric is being fed to andbeneath the needle by the usual feeding instrumentalities.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof a convenient embodimentof the invention is illustrated, and the character istic features of theinvention, together with the details in the construction and arrangementof parts will be apparent from the description hereinafter containedwhen read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the attachment as appliedto the machine, only such portions of the latter being shown as isnecessary to disclose the relative arrangement of the parts, Fig. 2 is aperspective View of the attachment removed'from the machine, and Figs. 3and 4 are transverse sectional views through the gripper.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters dos-- ignate corresponding elements in the several views, Arepresents the lower member or jaw of a cloth gripper, the same beingelongated and fiat, as shown, having a box-like shank B comprisingparallel bent-up edge flanges spaced apart to provide an opening C inwhich is introduced the complementary gripping jaw or member I) pivotedat E to the forward ends of the parallel side flanges, the shank of thegripping ja-w D" fbeing bent upwardly andthe jaws being normally held inclosed position by a spring F, one end of Which engages the shank ofeach of the jaws and the coiled portion of Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

which is sleeved upon the pivot connecting the same. The bottom of thebox-like por-' tion of the lower gripping jaw is extended rearwardly andbent upward as at G to constitute a finger hold adapted to be engagedwhen the jaws are opened against the pres-' sure of the spring.

The gripper just defined. is carried by a pair of parallel guide rods Hsecured to the inner flange of the box-like portion B by" being passedthrough apertures therein and soldered thereto. The opposite ends of theguide rods are secured together by a connecting piece I. The guide rodsslide freely through apertured flanges J, turned upwardly from the edgesof a fiat base K provided with an aperture for the accommodation of abinding screw L adapted to screw into an aperture provided therefor inthe base of the machine beneath the arm of the machine and inside theneedle bar, as will be readily understood.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many changes may bemade in the details and construction of parts without de' parting fromthe spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is: I

In an attachment of the character described, elongated flat grippingjaws one of which is formed with a box-like shank pro viding a. spacefor the reception of the other jawa pivot engaging the walls of theboxlike portion and the aw seated therein, and means for retaining thejaws in closed position, each jaw having an extension constituting alinger hold for engagement when the jaws are to be opened, incombination with guiding means engaging said box-like portion andarranged at right angles thereto,-and means for holding the guidingmeans in place, substantially as described;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- JOHN WV. VEATGH. I Vitnesses:

Itonnn'r I. Vnarcn, ELMnn LAWYER.

